Thoughtful Poetics

11/05/2025

November 4, 2025 Election in summation. "When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country."

11/05/2025

Write about the times our lives were sidetracked by political injustice.

11/03/2025

Writing changes the world.

11/03/2025

Write away.

11/01/2025

When money is involved you see the true colors of people, places and things.

I began writing my blog not because I wanted attention or to unleash my personal business but because there were things that happened in my life and are happening in my life that did not sit well w…

10/31/2025

A Parade of Ghouls & Goblins

The day was gloomy and morose,
yet if the lady of the house did not get
Halloween treats she would end up being toast,
So off she went to bear the wind and the rain,
looking for all sorts of candy that proved to be in vain,

On her travels she ran into the grinch, his pocket was loaded with thin mints, she thought perhaps he was the culprit behind the candy shortage, but he slipped away quickly to the city of Anchorage,

Finally, she happened on a general store that had old fashioned candy galore, so much so, the candy jars were filled to the brim,
she was elated and glad since it was every mother's dream to give her kids candy from a nostalgic era, however she suddenly found herself in a Halloween caper,

The store's owner was only 4 inches high, and the well-dressed pumpkins called him Mr. McGinty as they went by. An Irish shop keeper he resembled as he spewed his brogue,

The ghouls and goblins gathered around as he told his jokes, was he an elf or a fairy? No one knew for sure, but he knew all the brands of candy on cue,

The minions came in, and he sent them away with gummy bears, while the star trekkers were given mars bars, the cyborgs and mushrooms got Twix, the Adams family got a mix of Cadburys and Reese's pieces, then came the sneezes from Mr. McGinty, it was time for him to go home so he could delve into his good and plentys.

He gave the inquiring mom all the treats she had asked for and, in a jiffy, she was back on Route 54, she made it home on time to give out gelts shaped like dimes, although some of the kids much preferred slime to sweets,

She took notes for the next year's treats; the mini visitors left her house happy as larks and her kids devoured the remaining candy even the peppermint barks.

The children indulged until their tummies ached then they heard someone whistling at their gate, they peered through the windows curiously, but all they saw was the apparition of a horse and a skeleton's outline creating a milieu,

They trembled and shook, closing their eyes to gear up for a second look, since Halloween night was filled with tons of kooks, they were not hallucinating the ghouls were real,

but they'd never get rid of them until Dia de los mu***os eve, then all the ghosts returned to their plots after wining and dining with the relatives they miss a lot,

Most just fade away into the night fog while others zoom away on their "hogs" and the nameless just melt into the bogs.

10/31/2025

Be Safe!

10/31/2025

Creepy writing inspiration.

10/30/2025

Writers are weird.

10/30/2025

The more you read the better you write.

10/27/2025

I write the things I wish I said.....

10/27/2025

Let me get my creative juices flowing.....Wait for it......Have a great Sunday!